Tolkien's Allegory of Purgatory

"I love the detail of Tolkien just going into like, who Niggles is at first and like, he's the best painter and he can paint a leaf better than anyone. But I think I do appreciate the detail of, right, I really understood probably the opening and then towards the end, when it gets on the journey is where I get a little confused." "It seems to me to be an allegory of purgatory. Here's the problem. Anybody who knows Tolkien knows that the guy did not write allegory. He didn't write allegory," she says. 'We know that purgatory is a place that exists until the second coming. It will